Title Developing Inquiry for Learning : Reflecting Collaborative Ways to Learn How to Learn in Higher Education

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (227 pages) Contents Front Cover; Developing Inquiry for Learning; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I:The general approach of Inquiry Into Learning; 2. Learning to learn in higher education; 3. The Inquiry Into Learning approach; Part II:Using the Inquiry Into Learning approach in two modules of a Childhood Studies programme; 4. Inquiry Into Learning 1: becoming a reflective learner; 5. Inquiry Into Learning 2: becoming a professional inquirer Part III:Using experience of the Inquiry Into Learning approach to address topics related to developments in higher education6. The importance and power of student voice for promoting informal, formative assessment; 7. Setting expectations through assessment for learning; 8. Enriching processes and products of learning withinformation technology; Part IV:Theoretical and philosophical bases for the Inquiry Into Learning approach; 9. Patchwork Texts as a curriculum design and assessmentmethod; 10. Action research for personal professional development; 11. Why Inquiry Into Learning?; Conclusion 12. Beginning anewBibliography; Index Summary Developing Inquiry for Learning shows how university tutors can help students to improve their abilities to learn and to become professional inquirers. An increasing proportion of students entering higher education seem to assume that learning is a relatively passive process. This may be the largest single limitation on their achievement. University tutors need to be able to respond creatively to students' learning needs and difficulties. The modern teaching environment in higher education demands a sophisticated approach to teaching, learning and assessment i.e. the curriculum: its p Notes Print version record Subject Study skills -- Great Britain Inquiry-based learning -- Great Britain Action research in education -- Great Britain Tutors and tutoring -- Great Britain Action research in education Inquiry-based learning Study skills Tutors and tutoring Great Britain Form Electronic book Author Wells, Frances Wallis, Patricia Hawkins, Cyndy ISBN 9780203818060 0203818067

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